Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.move ahead; move/march forward
他们一路高歌猛进。
They stride forward singing militant songs.
我们要记住不进则退。
We should remember that not to advance is to go backwards.
不要进一步,退两步。
Don't take one step forward but two steps back.
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- 2
v.get into; go into; come in
救护车进医院了。
The ambulance is in the hospital.
火车已经进站了。
The train is pulling in.
她进会场找人。
She entered the conference hall to look for someone.
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- 3
v.receive; admit; income; recruit
进款
income
进货
stock with goods
我们单位进了新打字员。
Our unit has taken on a new typist.
- 4
v.submit; present
进一言
give a word of advice
进奉
submit
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- 5
v.(used after a verb) in/into
学生们轻快地跑进教室。
The students tripped into the classroom.
你可以把这钉子敲进木头里去吗?
Can you knock this nail into the wood?
这箱子已装满,我塞不进其他的衣服。
This case is full, and I can't pack any other clothes in.
- 6
measure wordany of the several rows of houses within an old-style residential compound
两进院子
a building with a front and a back yard
这房子应该有三进。
This house may have three rows of rooms.
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Words and phrases with 进
- 进展[word]evolve; progress
- 进攻[word]assault; attack in a struggle
- 进料[word]feed
- 进驻[word]enter and be stationed in
- 进针[word]inserting needle
- 进程[word]progress
- 进行[word]be on the march; conduct
- 进城[word]go to/into town; enter the big cities
- 进口关税[word]import duty
- 进退失据[idiom]in a dilemma/plight
- 进身之阶[idiom]stepping-stone
- 进退无路[idiom]have no alternative
- 进退维谷[idiom]trapped
- 进寸退尺[idiom]advance by an inch but retreat by a foot
- 进退两难[idiom]trapped
- 进进出出[idiom]go in and out half a dozen times